proper noun
Ĕpŏna
Meaning
- the protecting goddess of horses
Ĕpŏna, ae, f. from equus; cf. Gr. ἵππος; but referred to root ap- of apo by Fick, Wörterb. p. 425,
I. the protecting goddess of horses, asses, etc., Tert. ad Nat. 1, 11; id. Apol. 16; Juv. 8, 157; Prud. Apoth. 197; App. M. 3, p. 141; Inscr. Orell. 402; 1792 sq.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Epona ae, f
the goddess of mule-drivers, Iu.